Power device for pumping wells.



N0. 7|2,3| 4. Patented Oct. 28,1902.

J. .1. KWIS.

POWER DEVICE FOR PUMPING WELLS-w (Applicai' ion filed June 5, 1902.]

(No Model.)

BY v

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J. KWIS, OF FINDLAY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ADAMS BROTHERS COMPANY, OF FINDLAY, OHIO.

POWER DEVICE FOR PUMPING WELLS.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,314, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed June 5, 1902. Serial No. 110,320. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. KWIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State 591,283, issued to me on October 5, 1897, al-

though the present improvements may be used on other types of machines. I

The object of the present invention is to provide simple and substantial means for holding a vertical spindle in a perfectly rigid condition in the framework of a power de-' vice for pumping wells, thereby effectually overcoming all liability of the power-wheel assuming a tilted or canted position.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation through a spindle-supporting means embodying the present invention, the plane of the section being indicated by the dotted line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the devices shown by Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the spindle removed from its supporting devices, and Fig. 41s a detail perspective view of the foot-block adapted to engage with the lower extremity of said spindle.

The foundation for supporting the drivingv mechanism of the power device for pumping wells is similar to the devices in common use,

dotted lines at 9 in Fig. 1,) and on the main sills are mounted the parallel pony-sills 10,

the latter being arranged at right angles to the main sills and substantially parallel to the mudsills, although said pony-sills are raised somewhat above the m udsills,as shown by Fig. 1. These pony-sills are rabbeted, as indicated at 11 in Fig. 1, and the reduced ends of the pony-sillsare fitted in the gained or recessed portion 9 of the main sills. One of the pony-sills is secured by a plurality of bolts 12 to the mainsills, while the other pony-sill is fastened solidly 'to the main sills by the bolts 13 and the keys or wedges 14, as shown by Fig. 2. The pony-sills are disposed in parallel relation and separated a short distance from each other in order to accommodate the vertical stationary spindle 15, the latter being made in one piece with a polygonal or angular portion 16 and having its lower portion extended or prolonged a suitable distance, as at 17, below said angular or polygonal portion. (See Fig. 3.)

The pony-sills are provided on their opposing faces with the angular recesses 18 18, which are disposed in registration and form a socket or opening adapted to receive the angular or polygonal section 16 of said spindle, and said pony-sills are drawn or clamped tightly upon said polygonal section of the spindle by means of the bolts 19, the latter passing through the pony-sills on opposite sides of the opening or passage formed by the coincident recesses 1818. (See Fig. 2.)

The spindle 15 is preferably made of the tapering or conical form shown more clearly by Figs. 1 and 3, and between this conical spindle and the angular portion-ldthereof is arranged a rib or shoulder 20, the latter being adapted to rest on the top edges of the pony-sills 10 and serving to limit the endwise displacement of the spindle in a downward direction. The spindle is fitted and clamped between the pony-sills at a point intermediate of its length, so that the conical part of said spindle will extend above the pony-sills fora suitable distance to receive the sleeve 21 and the power-wheel 22. This sleeve is provided at its lower portion with an annular flange 23, which is arranged to rest upon the shoulder 20 of the spindle, and said sleeve is provided with aninterior tapering bore which conforms to the taper of the conical part 15 of the spindle, while on its outersurface said sleeve is provided with a cylindrical bearingface 24:, which conforms to the diameter of the opening in the hub of the power-wheel 22.

25 designates a cross-sill which is disposed below the pony-sills between adjacent mudsills and is adapted to rest against the under side of the main sills 6. I employ the single cross-sill 25, which extends in the same general direction as the pony-sills and which is adapted to lie in the vertical plane of the space between said pony-sills. This crosssill is secured firmly to the main sills by means of certain of the bolts 12 13, that fasten the pony-sills to the main sills, and said cross-sill is provided with a single vertical opening adapted to receive the lower extended portion 17 of the spindle. (See Fig. 1.)

The spindle is provided with a longitudinal passage 26, which extends through the conical bearing portion 15, the angular portion 16, and the extended lower extremity 17, the end portions of said passage opening through the upper and lower extremities of said spindle. The lower extremity of the extended portion 17 of this spindle is prolonged through the cross-sill 25, and said end of the spindle is fitted snugly in a foot-block 27, the same being shown more clearly by Figs. 1 and 4;. This foot-block is cast in a single piece of metal and in the chambered form shown by the drawings, and the upper portion of the foot-block is provided with an annular flange 28, from the face of which projects a series of studs or teeth 29. The lower end of the foot-block is provided with a perforation, which is disposed in the vertical plane of the passage 26 through the spindle, and said footblock is fitted to the cross-sill 25, so as to have the toothed face of its flange 28 bear against the lower edge of said cross-sill.

30 designates a tie-rod which extends entirely through the spindle and the foot-block, said tie-rod serving to bind the spindle and the foot-block to the parts of the foundationframe and to draw the foot-block so tightly against the cross-sill that the teeth 29 will be embedded in said sill. The upper end of the tie-rod is provided with a head or nut 31, which is adapted to bear upon the plate or shoulder 32, the latter resting upon the upper end of the spindle 15. The sleeve is not clamped tight on the spindle, but is loose to turn freely thereon. The lower end of said tie-rod is screw-th readed for the application of a nut 33, that is adapted to bear against the under side of the foot-block 27, and this tie-rod and its nut not only draw the spindle in a downward direction, but they exert upward pressure on the foot-block.

The means herein described for securing the spindle in the framework serves to hold the spindle in a perfectly rigid position, and this result is secured largely by the employment of the prolonged portion 17 of the spindle fitting in the cross-sill and in the footblock, the latter being held in the under side of the cross-sill by the same vertical tie-rod that primarily holds the vertical spindle against displacement within the pony and cross sills.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a cross-sill and ponysills, of a spindle clamped in the pony-sills and having an extended portion which is carried downwardly through the cross-sill,a footblock engaging with said prolonged end' bf the spindle, and means for clamping the spindle and the foot-block to said sill.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with pony-sills and a crosssill, of a spindle having a polygonal section clamped in the pony-sills, and a prolonged portion which is carried through said cross sill, a foot-block clamped to said cross-sill and engaging said extended portion of the spindle, and a bolt passing through the spindle and the foot-block.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with pony-sills and a crosssill, of a spindle having a polygonal portion clamped in the pony-sills, and an extended portion which is carried through said crosssill, a foot-block having a toothed face engaging with the cross-sill and also arranged to receive the lower extremity of said extended portion of the spindle, and a tie-rod passing through said spindle and the foot-block, said rod having means for clamping said footblock against the cross-sill and causing the teeth thereof to become embedded in said sill.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH J. KWIS.

\Vitnesses:

DONALD E. ADAMS, JOHN A. MEEKS. 

